I've heard from a few others that HRT changed their taste in music??
Can anyone here confirm that it happened to them as well?

I don't even know why I feel like this would be a bad thing, but like I've always disliked really 'feel good' music, or "try hard" /overly emotional  music ,....and am kinda worried that I'll start to like it, due to having a wider array of emotions available? Am I just being stupid??

Like HRT doesn't completely change your core person does it?

Quote from: kayla1618 on November 23, 2017, 01:05:46 AM
I've heard from a few others that HRT changed their taste in music??
Can anyone here confirm that it happened to them as well?

I don't even know why I feel like this would be a bad thing, but like I've always disliked really 'feel good' music, or "try hard" /overly emotional  music ,....and am kinda worried that I'll start to like it, due to having a wider array of emotions available? Am I just being stupid??

Like HRT doesn't completely change your core person does it?

Yes it happened to me and drastically. I used to adore death and black metal thrash all the music I made in bands until I was kicked out for being transgender. Now I love dancey and trancey and I never danced but I do now! Im like always grooving now to ebm and cybercore and other lighter lovelies that I won't disclose. But then that heavy stuff was a false me a very self destructive false me and it took me about a year and a half to finally say I don't want it in my life it was just a part of me I wanted gone and although I still cherish my collection of rare import cds... I don't listen to them at all anymore its like they all belonged to someone who passed away...

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My musical taste has evolved through my life. Songs sort of stick to moments, so when I can't say I care to listen to the alternative music of the 90s much anymore, there are certain memory evoking songs that I find bring some nostalgia, sorrow, or sometimes disgust.

In the same sense i wouldn't consider the person I was then as dead, but he is still a part of me, a vital part where I learned important things about myself and the person I wanted grow into.

My musical taste has become enriched with time. I can appreciate a broader range of styles, For me, i see it as a function of age not necessarily HRT.

It reminds me of a quote from Shakespeare's character Oliver, OLIVER

'Twas I, but 'tis not I. I do not shame

To tell you what I was, since my conversion(transition)

So sweetly tastes, being the thing I am."


I don't mean to get all sappy, but your post just struck a chord with me. Lol! ...sorry for the bad pun. I'm just a nerd at heart.



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Can't say anything changed here. Music can be emotional if you want it to be. That's why anyone can appreciate something in any given song if it happens to "speak" to them on some personal level. I can find that in most types of music if I want to.

Yes, music I used to think cleaver like, "Coca Cola douche" by The Fugs just aren't as funny today, as in the 70's. "Boobs alot" also by the Fugs. Odd how I thought them clever, instead of disgusting, but I am evolving.

This has happened to me. I used to like alternative rock and I can't listen to half of the songs in my collection now. I am appreciating great female vocalists now that sing about things that I can connect to now. I love music with a message. So for me it is really that emotional connection now!!!! So I don't know that it happens to everyone of us but, it did in my case.

This question made me think hard about this.  I've had three times where my interest in music peaked.  The first time was high school when I was using it to help drown out dysphoria and retreat from society and repress.  The second time was when I was starting to accept who I was at home, while being bombarded with transphobic and homophobic speech at work.  Music helped then too.  Note those first two times the music was mainly to drown out my feelings and what was my struggle.  The third time is now at transition.  This time it feels different though, like its an accessory I'm wearing rather than a means to hide.  I still listen to the same music (Styx and classical are my go to), I even have the same speakers and headphones I bought during each peak.  This third time I believe will be my final peak, no evidence, just a feeling.

Bari Jo

Mine didn't change so much as it expanded.  What I've added that I didn't much like before is contemporary alternative, reggae, and nearly all types of metal, particularly gothic.  The only thing I really stll don't like is rap.  That just grates on my brain.


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 I have become more attuned to the bass in songs, not that I didn't listen before. It just seem more predominate now, I also like the the way it makes some parts of my body feel when played loud.

I haven't noticed any change in my musical tastes with HRT. I think a lot of people change musical preferences with age, not necessarily with gender. I mean, I used to like Blink 182 when I was 12 but totally outgrew them by the time I was 14 

It's kinda funny, I grew up liking melodic punk, my favorite bands are Green Day and the Ramones, but then a few years back my tastes expanded to the 2 extremes of pop-punk, I became a fan of Hardcore punk (mostly 80s stuff like Black Flag, Urban Waste, Negative Approach) and I also became a fan of sugary pop artists, I love Carly Rae Jepsen and Cher Lloyd lol. I also went through a country thing but have mostly outgrown it. I've been playing in bands for 17 years now and my songwriting hasn't really changed at all over the last 4 months I've been on hormones, but I guess time will tell. I feel like a lot of old punk artists start to turn the distortion down when they hit 30 anyways lol

My musical tastes were always pretty varied..
My playlists often bounce from Heavy Metal, to Punk, to Pop, to really dancy electronic stuffs.

What has changed that Ive noticed is how I respond to the music I listen to.

For example, I used to be more likely to be shoving people around in a circle pit, now I find Im bopping around like a girl probably half my age who thinks shes a wannabe popstar..

Dont get me wrong, Ill still mess your day up in a circle pit though.

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Uhmmm ya I have to agree with the age arguments over the hrt I guess but letting go of extreme metal was integral to me evolving into a semi normal person that could actually communicate with other people. There was a sort of lingering darkness and despair that went away with the music. But then again there were books to attest to the violence and carnage within the Scandinavian Black Metal scene. Lords of Chaos and Lucifer Rising as well as some other books. All in all negative music associated with pure negativity and sacrifice, murder and suicide. The hrt gave me back my emotions and ability to stop being cold and reckless. This was all a very long process but I suppose it was a combination of hrt and finding myself again so I guess Idk...

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The Fugs were awesome!  "F%%%%in Dirty old Man!"  "Supergirlllllllllll!" 

Their original backing musicians were Weber and Stampfel, the Holy Modal Rounders.  A bus driver told me Steve Weber would get on, find a seat, and just starting talking to people he'd never met before, like they were old friends. 

I've become obsessed with different types of music throughout my life.  Music was what I turned to when my family moved to the big city and I failed to figure out how to make friends with total strangers in HS - I grew up in a tiny town - and also couldn't fit into my Mom's clothes anymore.  Music just took over, I used to wake up and immediately begin practicing bass guitar, etc.

I haven't noticed any inclinations to change what I like, I don't know if that will ever happen again.  I've always loved the melodic and sentimental, as well as much more down to earth music.  In HS I loved punk rock.

I'd say it's more like it expanded. But, here's the thing with me - I love to sing. It's rare for me to listen to a song I know without singing along. I tended to stay away from most female vocalist songs, since back then I only WISH I could sing like that, and could be dysphoria-inducing. Now I'm discovering all sorts of great female vocalists bands.

I've always been a fan of heavy metal (Judas Priest, Megadeth, Anthrax, and more recently DragonForce & Blind Guardian are my faves), but I like pretty much all types of music, to a certain degree. I can't stand country music made after the 70s, for example.

Actually, the only type of music I've listened to less now is anime music. That may be due to my lessening interest in the medium - mainly modern anime. I'm still a huge fan of the giant robot genre, but mainly older series. I sang along with themes from Mazinger, Getter, Macross, GaoGaiGar, etc..., all of which are somewhat deep-voiced songs, so I'm not wanting to sing like that anymore (I still like watching the shows, though!).

The one anime band I'll never stop listening to though is Fire Bomber. I'll love them forever.